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According to Comic Book Movie on Thursday, director J.J. Abrams of "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" discussed in a video interview the many debates and other discussions entailing the recently seen new lightsaber from the trailer. Abrams...

A real lightsaber, dubbed the LaberSaber to avoid any Star Wars trademark infringement, has been produced by Wicked Lasers. The lightsaber won’t cut an appendage off while simultaneously cauterizing it, and it won’t slice though sheet...

An MIT professor has helped Harvard scientists develop real-life lightsaber molecules and they say that this discovery could actually lead to amazing scientific advancements. WSBTV announced on Sept. 27, 2013, that lasers have been used to...

We all hoped we'd get to see lightsabers—or flying cars—in our time and it seems two scientists have made just the breakthrough to get us to that next level of technology. As CNET reports on Sept. 27, researchers from MIT and...

Riding the warp-drive wave created by last year's "Course of the Force," plans are already being made for this fun run's sequel. And to kick things off in true Nerdist fashion, Chris Hardwicke and company are putting their own...

To celebrate the release of Star Wars in 3-D I’d thought I’d go into a little known history of the Sith and Jedi’s weapons.A Jedi’s weapon, "Not as clumsy or random as a blaster. An elegant weapon." The weapon...

If you like movies, you might have heard of some kid’s home movie called Star Wars. Apparently, the series has been out for over 30 years now and this summer, they are bringing back the first episode back into theatres (Phantom Menace) this...

The weapon for the more civilized times is the lightsaber. Just a hilt small enough to fit in a pocket. When turned on a beam of energy snaps out and is able to slice through anything, including metal and steel, or it can block lasers.http://en...

The subject of Star Wars conjures up a multitude of topics for discussion. The usual suspects are fans’ most fond scenes, quotable dialogue, memorable characters, or debating which chapters reign supreme in the legendary franchise. Other...

Follow me on TwitterAh, the more users play with Kinect, now that there is an open source driver, the better things become. Here we see a Jedi Knight in training who has used the OpenKinect drivers and OpenCV to make himself into a Jedi Academy...

Microsoft has given independent developers the go-ahead to hook Kinect for the Xbox 360 up to their PCs and come up with their own unique takes on creating apps and games. And judging by a new video showing Kinect turning a stick into a lightsaber...

The Comedy Examiner ordered one. Now you have to tell him what to do with it. Earlier in the month, we ran a story here at the Comedy Examiner's Office about Wicked Lasers, the Chinese laser production company that's currently selling the Class...